Amid Food Sanctions, Russia Promotes Home-Grown Potatoes
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In the Russian district of Beryozovsky, officials have given residents free access to farmland to help them weather the effects of sanctions on Western food imports. Part-time farmers and the district mayor celebrated the new initiative with a day of singing, socializing, and planting potatoes, all in the name of Russian self-sufficiency. (RFE/RL's Current Time TV)